Category Interesting research
Trasiga barnskor i Sverige!
Somliga men inte alla fattiga barn går med trasiga skor. Man gör ju allt man kan för att verka “normal” och inte väcka uppmärksamhet så har man ett par hela skor tar man de skorna på sig när man går till skolan, om man inte har ett par hela skor kanske man blir borta från […]
Var femte finländare anser sig jobba för mycket
Var femte finländare anser sig jobba för mycket. Och över 80 procent av 40-49-åringarna anser att arbetet har försämrat deras hälsotillstånd, framgår av en undersökning som publiceras i dag. Dett askriver Yle på sin ehmsida, det är forskningsinstitutet Taloustutkimus som undersökt finländarnas uppfattning om sin egen arbetsförmåga. 655 finländare mellan 20 och 65 år deltog […]
How blogging is a rhizomic practice
Rhizome is used by many and maybe not even 100% understood by anyone except perhaps by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, the philosophers who coined the term. Maybe we are not supposed to “master” nor totally grasp the concept of rhizome. But what I do understand concerning the concept is enough for me: It describe a way to […]
Wikimedia’s amazing open source projects
“Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That’s our commitment.” Wikimedia Foundation’s is the non-profit organization registered in the USA, which hosts the websites known as the “Wikimedia projects” and related projects (in 270 languages). Meta-Wiki’s discussions range from coordination and documentation to planning and analysis […]
Public space initiatives in Cape town – a different perspective
Apparently a delegation of men (yes, ALL MEN) from Finland will represent the Finnish design scene (and WDC) in Cape Town. This according to Alternative Design Capital 2012 Helsinki (ADC 2012) facebook page. Heading them is the minister for European affairs, Alexander Stubb. I am sure he knows a lot about culture and how to design a great […]
My blog – my stage, my curtain, my mirror
I am a blogger at the same time as I am an Internet researcher and I reflect on my own blogging often. I started blogging (and facebooking) because I decided I needed to actively take part in the online environment, which I was studying. But since I also like writing and express my opinions and […]
Cia Rinne – listening for other languages
Hannah Lutz’ paper “Cia Rinne and the soundpoetic event: Listening for other languages” in the online magazine Baltic Worlds introduces the Finnish multilingual and multitalented poet Cia Rinne. Hannah asks in her paper how the soundpoetic event can be approached in the form of an article in a journal. I give the floor to Hannah… Some amazing digital […]
En känsla av sammanhang behövs
Under livet lär vi oss mobilisera tillgängliga resurser i vår omgivning – både inre och yttre. Aaron Antonovsky kallade dessa “general resistance resourses” (GRR). De kan vara både materiella resurser, psykologiska, socialt inlärda, medfödda och genetiska såsom kunskap och intelligens, socialt stöd och coping stategier men även materiella tillgångar som böcker, datorer och bostad. Antonovsky menade att dessa resurser […]
The most livable country with many suicides in the world
We get reports almost every week about how great Helsinki and Finland is. It was ranked as The most livable city 2011 by in Monocle’s Quality of Life survey, which ranks the top 25 cities in the world and a Travel hotspot according to The New York Times. I find it interesting that at the same […]
Uncolonized public space
I grew up in the local library because my father was a librarian. It was my second living room. The old building in the center of Ekenäs in southern Finland was for many a sanctuary. When you walked through the cranky door the smell of a wood burning fire gave you a feeling of comfort. […]
Ylva Rancken-Lutz
"I am linked therefore I am" 